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The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

Comedy · Romance · Drama · 2025

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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The Wedding Banquet

2025 Comedy · Romance · Drama 1h 43m

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6.7 / 10

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Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Andrew Ahn

Written by

James Schamus · Andrew Ahn

Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang

Chris

Lily Gladstone

Lily Gladstone

Lee

Kelly Marie Tran

Kelly Marie Tran

Angela

Han Gi-chan

Han Gi-chan

Min

Joan Chen

Joan Chen

May Chen

Youn Yuh-jung

Youn Yuh-jung

Ja-Young

Bobo Le

Bobo Le

Kendall

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.